Tender or not to tender? General manager Mike Elias has already come out and said he will spend the offseason finding ways to shed salary and add cost-effective free agents instead of making big splashes in the free agent market. He must also decide whether or not to tender a contract to seven arbitration-eligible players.
Thanks to MLB Trade Rumor’s annual Projected Arbitration Salaries piece, we have some initial estimates to consider when taking a look at these seven players. Odds are the Orioles bring back all seven, but should they?
Let’s take a look at these seven players, their 2019 salaries, projected raises this offseason, and whether or not they should return in 2020.